JA_19-0099_ARMYMEDCOM_Spt_JA_RLB_Redacted.pdf

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY - Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 and 3.104

DHA PGI 208.405-6, Attachment 1 (06-21-2018)

FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY - Source Selection Information – See FAR 2.101 and 3.104

On PSC notified affected DoD components that PSC is terminating its assisted acquisition program for non-HHS agencies effective immediately. PSC also stated that as it removed the HHS FAR 17.7 certification from its website at https://www.acg.osd.mil/dpap/cpic/cp/interagency acquisition.html.

PSC made the decision to terminate its assisted acquisition program for non-HHS agencies based on a determination that the PSC Strategic Acquisition Service contracting office is not currently capable of compliance, particularly in the area of contract administration for FAR Part 4.4, Safeguarding Classified Information Within Industry, FAR 17.5, Assisted Acquisitions, and FAR

17. 7, Interagency Acquisitions: Acquisitions by Nondefense Agencies on behalf of the Department of Defense. HHS and PSC have put safeguards in place to address the non-compliance during the orderly termination of PSC's assisted acquisition program for non- HHS agencies. Those safeguards are set forth in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) template that specifies how PSC and the DoD funding/requesting agency will take corrective action to address the requirements of FAR 4.4, 17.5, and 17.7. PSC intends to track the approximately 500 active contracts/orders placed by PSC on behalf of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) components through the MOU process.

Based on the above events, the Option under contract number HHSP233201800004B/ HHSP23337003 through HHS cannot be exercised. The requirement was returned to DHA for action. Unfortunately, very little time was provided to effectively transfer the contract.

Essentially, DHA received notification to award the new service . Based on the criticality of the service, it was decided to award the contract directly to Idea Entity Corporation, a Small Business, to avoid a significant break in service. Accomplishing award of this contract for one year will allow time to properly compete the requirement via an open market strategy in the near future.

6. Efforts to Obtain Competition: A notice of contract action under this approval for other than full and open competition will be synopsized in accordance with FAR subpart

5.2. Bids, proposals, or quotations have not been solicited from additional sources for the reasons specified in paragraph five (5) above and paragraphs eight (8) below; however, proposals will be solicited for a follow-on contract upon completion of the requirements development. In accordance with FAR 6.303 and DFARS 206.302-1(d), the requirement for an RFI was waived by the Head of the Contracting Activity (HCA) on letter dated

A contract awarded under this approval for other than full and open competition will be synopsized in accordance with FAR 5.3.

7. Determination that Anticipated Cost to the Government will be Fair and Reasonable: Based on the limited information, the DHA believes this requirement was competed at HHS and awarded through adequate competition and analysis. We anticipate that the price was determined fair and reasonable. Being that this requirement was part of an HHS contract, the Contractor will be requested to maintain the same Option year pricing under the HHS contract and certify that the pricing is current.